Cathedral of Tomorrow Aerial Photograph, 1958

Aerial photograph of the Cathedral of Tomorrow in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Rex Humbard, a former tent revival preacher, began his TV ministry in Akron in 1952 and was the first evangelist to host a national weekly program in America. His congregation, originally known as Calvary Temple, outgrew the Copley Theater in West Akron, moved to the Ohio Theater in Cuyahoga Falls and built the 5,000-seat, $4 million Cathedral of Tomorrow in 1958 off State Road in what was then Northampton Township. Humbard sold his television complex to Ernest Angley Ministries in 1985, and sold them the Cathedral of Tomorrow in 1994.

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Aerial photograph of the Cathedral of Tomorrow in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Rex Humbard, a former tent revival preacher, began his TV ministry in Akron in 1952 and was the first evangelist to host a national weekly program in America. His congregation, originally known as Calvary Temple, outgrew the Copley Theater in West Akron, moved to the Ohio Theater in Cuyahoga Falls and built the 5,000-seat, $4 million Cathedral of Tomorrow in 1958 off State Road in what was then Northampton Township. Humbard sold his television complex to Ernest Angley Ministries in 1985, and sold them the Cathedral of Tomorrow in 1994.

This collection includes photographs of Akron and Summit County, Ohio, selected from the archives of the Akron Beacon Journal and contributed through a partnership between the Akron Beacon Journal and the Akron-Summit County Public Library. Images may include crop marks, blacking, opaquing, painting, retouching and other enhancements made prior to publication, including markings that may obscure or revise original elements of the photographs. These markings and enhancements have been left intact intentionally.